Home invasion robbery in Santa Ana

Home invasion robbery in Santa Ana (KTLA)

SANTA ANA, Calif. (KTLA) -- Police are searching for two armed men who broke into a home while a mother and two children were sleeping inside.

The home invasion robbery happened at 3:45 a.m. Wednesday at a home in the 300 block of N. Euclid Street, near 1st Street in Santa Ana.

Police say the armed men were wearing ski masks and woke up the 38-year-old woman and her two young children.


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The suspects tased the woman, poured gasoline on the floor and threatened to burn down the home.

Investigators also say the men threatened the mother with a rifle before ransacking the place.

According to police, the woman told the men she only had $100 in cash.

The suspects left with computer equipment, two cellphones and cash.

The mother and her two kids, ages 8 and 10, were not physically hurt.

Authorities say the men spoke both English and Vietnamese during the violent invasion.

If you have any information, you're asked to call police.